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South Africa at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeRSA
NOCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sascoc.co.za
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors137 in 15 sports
Flag bearers Wayde van Niekerk (opening)[1]
Caster Semenya (closing)
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
2
Silver
6
Bronze
2
Total
10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Africa competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and nineteenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

To ensure only world class athletes compete for South Africa, South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) decided to decline all qualification slots earned through continental qualifiers, except for some sports where continental qualification was the only available path.[2]

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South African athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

On May 25, 2016, six marathon runners (three per gender) were named as part of the initial batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster for Rio 2016, including London 2012 Olympians Lusapho April and Irvette van Zyl.[5] Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, thirty-three further athletes (21 men and 12 women) rounded out the nation's track and field roster for the Games three days later, with triple jumper and Beijing 2008 silver medalist Godfrey Khotso Mokoena leading the team for his fourth straight Olympics.[6]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • NM = No mark

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Antonio Alkana 110 m hurdles 13.64 5 q — 13.55 7 Did not advance
Lusapho April Marathon — 2:15:24 24
Henricho Bruintjies 100 m Bye 10.33 6 Did not advance
Elroy Gelant 5000 m 13:22.00 7 q — 13:17.47 14
Lungile Gongqa Marathon — DNF
Le Roux Hamman 400 m hurdles 49.72 7 — Did not advance
Lindsay Hanekom 50.22 7 — Did not advance
Tlotliso Leotlela 200 m 20.59 4 — Did not advance
Anaso Jobodwana 200 m 20.53 4 — Did not advance
Stephen Mokoka 10000 m — 27:54.57 18
Marc Mundell 50 km walk — 4:11:03 38
Clarence Munyai 200 m 20.66 3 — Did not advance
Sibusiso Nzima Marathon — 2:25:33 97
Jacob Rozani 800 m 1:49.79 5 — Did not advance
Lebogang Shange 20 km walk — 1:25:07 44
Akani Simbine 100 m Bye 10.14 1 Q 9.98 3 q 9.94 5
Wayne Snyman 20 km walk — 1:29:20 58
Wayde van Niekerk 400 m 45.26 1 Q — 44.45 2 Q 43.03 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Reinhardt van Rensburg 800 m 1:45.67 2 Q — 1:45.33 5 Did not advance
Louis van Zyl 400 m hurdles 49.12 2 Q — 49.00 5 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Stefan Brits Long jump 7.71 22 Did not advance
Luvo Manyonga 8.12 4 q 8.37 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Triple jump 16.51 21 Did not advance
Rushwahl Samaai Long jump 8.03 5 q 7.97 9
Rocco van Rooyen Javelin throw 78.48 24 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Willem Coertzen Result 11.12 6.98 14.00 DNS — — — — — — DNF
Points 834 809 728 0 — — — — — —
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Alyssa Conley 100 m Bye 11.57 6 Did not advance
200 m 23.17 4 — Did not advance
Carina Horn 100 m Bye 11.32 2 Q 11.20 6 Did not advance
Christine Kalmer Marathon — 2:48:24 96
Wenda Nel 400 m hurdles 55.55 2 Q — 55.83 6 Did not advance
Justine Palframan 200 m 23.33 5 — Did not advance
400 m 53.96 7 — Did not advance
Anél Oosthuizen 20 km walk — 1:45:06 63
Dina Lebo Phalula Marathon — 2:41:46 63
Dominique Scott 10000 m — 31:51.47 21
Caster Semenya 800 m 1:59.31 1 Q — 1:58.15 1 Q 1:55.28 NR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tsholofelo Thipe 400 m 52.80 4 — Did not advance
Irvette van Zyl Marathon — DNS
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Lynique Prinsloo Long jump 6.10 33 Did not advance
Sunette Viljoen Javelin throw 63.54 6 Q 64.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Jacob Maliekal qualified for the men's singles into the Olympic tournament. He picked up a continental berth as Africa's top shuttler based on his performance in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.[7]

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jacob Maliekal Men's singles  Son W-h (KOR)
L (10–21, 10–21) 		 Pochtarev (UKR)
W (21–18, 21–19) 		2 Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Bridgitte Hartley qualified for the Women's K-1 500 metres through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[8]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Zeit Rank Zeit Rank Zeit Rank
Bridgitte Hartley Women's K-1 200 m 41.698 3 Q 41.478 3 FB 42.066 13
Women's K-1 500 m 1:55.737 3 Q 1:58.397 5 FB 2:01.890 16

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

Four South African riders qualified for the following places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Africa Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).[9][10][11] The men's road cycling team, Daryl Impey and Louis Meintjes, were named as part of the initial batch of nominated athletes to the Olympic roster on 25 May 2016, with the women, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and An-Li Kachelhoffer joining them on July 14. Moolman-Pasio also qualified for the time trial.[5]

Athlete Event Zeit Rank
Daryl Impey Men's road race 6:19:43 28
Louis Meintjes 6:10:27 7
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio Women's road race 3:52:41 10
Women's time trial 46:29.11 12
An-Li Kachelhoffer Women's road race 4:01:29 39

Mountain biking

South African mountain bikers, Alan Hatherly and James Reid qualified for the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's twelfth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.

Athlete Event Zeit Rank
Alan Hatherly Men's cross-country 1:42:03 26
James Reid LAP (3 laps) 42

BMX

Kyle Dodd qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of his top three placement for men, not yet qualified, at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships.

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Kyle Dodd Men's BMX 36.45 26 14 6 Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Julia Vincent qualified by virtue of her top national finish from Africa at the 2015 FINA World Championships.[5][12]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Julia Vincent 3 m springboard 220.30 29 Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Dressage rider, Tanya Seymour, qualified for the equestrian competition by virtue of her top national finish from Africa and the Middle East at the FEI qualification event in Perl, Germany.[13]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Tanya Seymour Ramoneur Individual 63.929 56 Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
South Africa men's Men's tournament  Brasilien
D 0–0 		 Dänemark
L 0–1 		 Iraq
D 1–1 		4 Did not advance 13
South Africa women's Women's tournament  Schweden
L 0–1 		 China
L 0–2 		 Brasilien
D 0–0 		4 Did not advance 10

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

South Africa men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third-place playoff of the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.[14]

Team roster

Template:2016 Summer Olympics South Africa men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's football group A standings Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's football game A2

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's football game A3

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's football game A6

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

South Africa women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fourth round play-off of the 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[15]

Team roster

Template:2016 Summer Olympics South Africa women's football team roster

Group play

Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's football group E standings Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's football game E1

Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's football game E3

Template:2016 Summer Olympics women's football game E5

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South Africa has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Brandon Stone (world no. 92), Jaco van Zyl (world no. 67), Paula Reto (world no. 122) and Ashleigh Simon (world no. 214) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.[16][17]

Former major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, ranked twelfth and twentieth in the men's world rankings respectively, announced in April 2016 that they would not compete in Rio.[18][19]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Brandon Stone Men's 75 72 71 75 293 + 9 =55
Jaco van Zyl 71 74 70 71 286 +2 =43
Paula Reto Women's 74 67 68 71 280 −4 =16
Ashleigh Simon 75 69 77 75 296 +12 50

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

South Africa has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2004. Ryan Patterson had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[5] Patterson is the first male South African gymnast to compete at the Olympics since 1956.[20]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Ryan Patterson All-around 14.300 13.033 13.333 13.733 13.000 13.291 80.690 46 Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South Africa has qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games. Zack Piontek was directly ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[21]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Zack Piontek Men's −90 kg Bye  Camilo (BRA)
L 000–101 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South Africa has qualified a total of five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Four rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in the coxless pair and lightweight double sculls (both men and women) at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the men's four rowers were further added to the South African roster as a result of their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The rowing team, led by London 2012 gold medalists John Smith and James Thompson, was named as part of the full nomination of South African athletes for the Games on July 14, 2016.[22]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Zeit Rank Zeit Rank Zeit Rank Zeit Rank
Lawrence Brittain
Shaun Keeling 		Pair 6:41.42 2 SA/B Bye 6:27.59 3 FA 7:02.51 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
John Smith
James Thompson 		Lightweight double sculls 6:23.10 1 SA/B Bye 6:38.01 1 FA 6:33.29 4
Vincent Breet
Jake Green
David Hunt
Jonty Smith 		Four 6:01.64 4 R 6:34.97 1 SA/B 6:15.22 2 FA 6:05.80 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Zeit Rank Zeit Rank Zeit Rank Zeit Rank
Kate Christowitz
Lee-Ann Persse 		Pair 7:11.29 2 SA/B Bye 7:24.03 3 FA 7:28.50 5
Ursula Grobler
Kirsten McCann 		Lightweight double sculls 7:07.37 1 SA/B Bye 7:19.09 1 FA 7:11.26 5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The South Africa men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places at the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.[23]

Team roster

Template:2016 Summer Olympics South Africa men's rugby sevens team roster

Group play

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens group B standings Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game B2

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game B4

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game B6

Quarterfinal

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game D4

Semifinal

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game G2

Bronze medal match

Template:2016 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens game H1

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South African sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships.[24][25] The sailing crew was announced as part of the first batch being nominated to the Olympic roster on 25 May 2016.[5][26]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Stefano Marcia Laser 30 25 42 38 43 38 44 36 39 40 EL 331 40
Jim Asenathi
Roger Hudson 		470 18 24 15 14 11 18 11 20 18 23 EL 148 20

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

A total of 11 male swimmers, led by London 2012 champions Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh, had been selected to the South African roster for the Olympics. One woman, Michelle Weber, entered the 10 km open water race while no women qualified for pool events for the second time at the Olympics since the post-apartheid era (the first being done in 2004).[27]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Zeit Rank Zeit Rank Zeit Rank
Myles Brown 200 m freestyle 1:46.78 13 Q 1:46.57 12 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 3:45.92 12 — Did not advance
Jarred Crous 200 m breaststroke 2:12.64 25 Did not advance
Douglas Erasmus 50 m freestyle 22.37 29 Did not advance
Chad Ho 10 km open water — 1:53:04.8 10
Chad le Clos 200 m freestyle 1:45.89 3 Q 1:45.94 7 Q 1:45.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m butterfly 51.75 7 Q 51.43 2 Q 51.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m butterfly 1:55.57 3 Q 1:55.19 4 Q 1:54.06 4
Matthew Meyer 1500 m freestyle 15:36.22 41 — Did not advance
Michael Meyer 400 m individual medley 4:18.13 17 — Did not advance
Christopher Reid 100 m backstroke 53.68 12 Q 53.70 10 Did not advance
Sebastien Rousseau 400 m individual medley 4:18.72 21 — Did not advance
Brad Tandy 50 m freestyle 21.94 12 Q 21.80 8 Q 21.79 6
Cameron van der Burgh 100 m breaststroke 59.35 7 Q 59.21 3 Q 58.69 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke 2:12.67 26 Did not advance
Dylan Bosch
Myles Brown
Calvyn Justus
Sebastien Rousseau 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:12.61 11 — Did not advance
Christopher Reid
Cameron van der Burgh
Dylan Bosch
Myles Brown 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:35.50 13 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Final
Zeit Rank
Michelle Weber 10 km open water 1:59:05.0 18

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South Africa has qualified a total of four triathletes for the Olympics. London 2012 Olympian Richard Murray secured the men's triathlon spot with a top three finish at the ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro.[28] Meanwhile, Henri Schoeman, Mari Rabie, and Gillian Sanders were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.[29]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Richard Murray Men's 18:20 0:46 55:35 0:35 30:34 1:45:50 4
Henri Schoeman 17:25 0:53 55:32 0:34 32:30 1:45:43 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mari Rabie Women's 19:04 0:52 1:01:32 0:35 37:10 1:59:13 11
Gillian Sanders 19:50 0:56 1:03:59 0:39 36:05 2:01:29 23

See also

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